Gazprom Gaining Ground in Europe
... investigation led by the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, was based on the belief that Gazprom broke European Union Competition Law when supplying gas to eight countries of the integration unit - Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,... ... that Third Energy Package provisions are retrospectively applicable, though Brussels will do its best to limit the room for Gazprom’s maneuver. Taking into consideration the opinion of Russian Ministry of Energy that Ukraine lacks 1.5–2 bcm of gas (only 14.7 bcm was pumped instead of 17 bcm) for a regular winter heating season, the contract ...